Critical Thinking on Cults & AntiCults
Mike Rinder is sometimes described as a “former Church spokesman” by journalists who don’t want to discredit him as one of their sources. But the truth is that Mike Rinder was the Commanding Officer of the Office of Special Affairs under David Miscavige for 22 years.
He ran ALL of the fair game activities for Scientology, suppressed all the pedophile and sexual “flaps”, ran all the attorneys who drew up all the draconian contracts that are used to abuse Scientologists legally, and has never revealed one crime committed in the entire time he has been out of Scientology – 16 years now.
This is a collection of posts which reveal some of the things that Mike Rinder did as the head of OSA, and some of the things he has still not revealed about himself and his old boss, David Miscavige.
I called “Ted the Tour Guy” of Cult City Tours last weekend because I had a great idea for a stop on his tour of Scientology’s hotspots in downtown Clearwater: It’s the apartment where Kyle … Read more
Mike Rinder intervenes to keep Danny Masterson Rape Accuser Chrissie Bixler from finding out about what Rinder did as CO OSA when she was coming forward with her accusations in 2002/2003.
Robert Vaughn Young preceded Rinder as the head of Dirty Tricks. He left Scientology in the 90’s and contributed some of the best critical writing on Scientology. He died of cancer in 2003.
Aaron Smith-Levin’s problems with Tony Ortega ‘run long, and they run deep’. He lays out exactly why the tribalist Tony Ortega can not be trusted.
Last night’s episode of Leah Remini’s Scientology and the Aftermath was a round table discussion of former Scientologists, and independent Scientologists, exposing the upper levels of Scientology so that people can make more informed decisions … Read more
I recorded my thoughts on the treatment I observed Aaron Smith-Levin getting from his Anti-Scientologist friends. From the ideologue Chris Shelton, to Tony Ortega’s demagoguery, to Leah Remini’s need to create a moral panic around Scientology – can Aaron’s intellectual honesty survive?
Mike Rinder & Leah Remini pretend to answer the tough questions about Scientology on their Fair Game Podcast. Here are the questions they will never allow.
Marty Rathbun filed an affidavit which details his & Mike Rinder’s secret schedule of reporting all Scientology Fair Game & Black Ops to David Miscavige for 22 years.
If you first assume that both Marty Rathbun and Mike Rinder are lying, and this is all just a big, elaborate costume drama, you will be a lot less confused.
Will Mike’s New Book Lead Us To Where All the Bodies Are Buried, Finally Making Change to Scientology? Or Will it Just Be More of the Same MilqueToast Blather?
Mike Rinder’s Book Release is Less Then a Month Away, Squeals Rinder Apologist and Propeller-Headed Control Freak Karen de La Carriere
Lisa Marie Presley wrote a humane and heartfelt piece about her intimate experience losing her own son to suicide in People Magazine. Mike Rinder used it to sell his book.
Mike Rinder tried to trick Gerry Armstrong by posing as a “loyalist” to LRH who wanted to rid the Church of David Miscavige in order to restore “true Scientology” once again.
Mike Rinder Dupes LATimes reporters James Queally & Matthew Ormseth & their editors into believing he was just a former spokesman – despite their newspaper’s own history
“Why were you messaging her?” “Because she’s super f**cking hot!” Aaron Smith Levin is married with children, and he wants to be a Clearwater City Councilman.
This was a great episode. Why? Because in this episode of the Scientology Fair Game Podcast, for the first time, Mike Rinder switched his pronouns.
Victoria Britton, mother of Kyle Brennan, will be releasing a book from a major publisher in the coming year.
Gerry Armstrong & Mike Rinder have a long history. Gerry thinks it’s time for Mike Rinder to come clean about all the OSA Fair Game Operations he ran against him and all the other critics of Scientology when Mike Rinder ran the dirty tricks arm of the Church of Scientology.
Corey Andrews presents the back-channel conversation he had with Karen Pressley where she realizes Karen de la Carriere runs a cult.
Michael Flynn, Gerry Armstrong’s attorney who was heavily fair gamed by Rinder has publicly asked Rinder to come clean about the vicious Scientology Fair Game that he waged against him. Will Rinder Answer?